UBC Learning Exchange

Come and join us for some special activities this July, including Tie-Dyeing at the Park, a Heat & Smoke Safety Workshop, and the Online Safety: Frauds and Scams workshop.

Some events require advance registration. Please register at the front desk or by emailing [email protected].

Note: The Learning Exchange will be closed on July 1 for Canada Day. 🇨🇦🍁

See you soon!

Yasuko Tamaki started her journey at the Learning Exchange as a learner in the English Conversation Program, later becoming a facilitator leading English conversation sessions, at other times, a leader of special community activities.

Yasuko is now graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in Asian Studies and minoring in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, and has been accepted into a Master’s program.

Learn more about Yasuko’s experience at the Learning Exchange, as well as her perspective on being a newcomer to Canada and having to learning a new culture.

Read the whole story here: https://learningexchange.ubc.ca/2026/05/11/yasuko-tamakis-second-life/